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Low Back Pain (Lumbago)

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What is Low Back Pain (Lumbago)? Low back pain is a common medical condition that must have experienced by many people at some point in time. Lumbago means having mild to severe low back pain. The lumbar spine is the body structure that interconnects ligaments, nerves, muscles, and bones in order to provide flexibility as well as support to the entire body. After a precise diagnosis of the cause of Lumbago, the treatment options can be chosen based on the patient’s medical history. Symptoms of Lumbago Low back pain or Lumbago can show a number of symptoms. There are times when low back pain can occur suddenly. It can start slowly and can get worse if not treated on time.   Some of the symptoms that can be experienced by the patient are mentioned below: ·          Having difficulty in walking, standing up straight or standing from sitting posture. ·          Burning pain that is moving to the backs of the thighs or legs from the low back ·          Muscle sp

What is Cervical spondylosis?

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Cervical spondylosis is a medical condition that affects the spinal disks in the neck. It mostly happens because of the wear and tear of bones as well as cartilage. Cervical spondylosis can be seen in people of all age groups and it gets serious with age. If there will be any shrink or dehydration in the disks then it can develop osteoarthritis. There are many other factors also that make this health issue to happen. According to studies, people who are above 60 years are mostly affected by cervical spondylosis. Possible causes of the cervical spondylosis Some of the common causes of cervical spondylosis are mentioned below: ·          Any sort of injury: During an injury or fall, you can get impacted on your neck. This can cause cervical spondylosis. ·           Bonespurs : These spurs are the overgrowth of bone which occurs when the body tries to grow the extra bone for making the spine stronger. Disk degeneration can also make the spine to produce extra bones.

Traumatic paralysis

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Paralysis is the loss of functioning of muscle and nerve. It is the usually sensory loss in the affected area and damaged the central nervous system, mostly the spinal cord. Paralysis is two types, if the half side of the body paralyzed is called paraplegia and paralysis of both arm and legs is called quadriplegia. In the case of paralysis, the brain is unable to send messages to the different parts of the body due to various reasons. Causes of paralysis The main causes of paralysis are as follows: Stroke- stoke is one of the main causes of paralysis, almost 30% of people suffer from paralysis because of stoke. Paralysis of stoke is included, such as hemorrhage (one-way paralysis), hemiparesis ( weakness and inability to move one side of the body), dizzy ( weak and stiff muscle), dysphagia ( throat irritation means something not to swallow), foot drop ( inability to lift front leg). Spinal cord injury - this is the second most frequent cause of paralysis due to the va

Spinal fractures

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The spinal cord consists of 33 bones called vertebrae and it supports the body with the help of these bones to stand upright, bend and can able to turn your body. There is an empty space in the middle of every vertebra called the spinal canal. Spinal fractures are separated from the arm and legs fractures. Due to being fractures in any vertebrae, it moves from its place and starts pinching, also can damage the nerve. Most spinal fractures occur due to the accident, falling, shooting, and etc. Injuries can cause muscle and ligaments sprain, fractures in your vertebrae or it can move from its place, and also can seriously damage the spinal cord. Some fractures can be treated by medicines, physiotherapy, and etc but some severe fractures need surgery and bones to be reorganized. Types of spinal fractures There are different types of spinal fractures depending on the manner and damage of the injury like, 1.     Compression fractures 2.     Axial burst fractures 3.